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Abstract
Introductory first course for the specialization in ENERGY (previously Energy Systems and Power Engineering). The course provides an overall view of energy technologies and systems, relating these to pertinent global challenges, reviews some of the thermodynamic basics in energy conversion and presents the state-of-the-art technology for power generation and fuel processing.
Objective
By completing this course, students should: -obtain an understanding of macroeconomic trends and their shaping of energy demand in diverse sectors and applications -connect energy and climate in the context of sustainability considerations in relation to climate change and resource depletion -explain the main challenges for the energy sector and options to overcome these with behavioural, technological and systemic measures -discuss the role of engineering and economic methods of energy systems analysis to provide decision support
Content
World primary energy resources and use: fossil fuels, renewable energies, and nuclear energy; demand side structure in sectors and applications; present situation, trends, and future developments. Sustainable energy system and environmental impact of energy conversion and use: energy, economy and society. Electric power and the electricity economy worldwide and in Switzerland; production, consumption, alternatives. The electric power distribution system. Renewable energy and power: available techniques and their potential. Costs, technical characteristics and envionrmental impacts of electricity supply systems, including conventional power plants, advanced cycles, combined cycles and renewable technologies.
Resources
Lecture Notes
Lecture materials will be distributed / no script.
Literature
Literature recommendations will be provided in the lecture.